Explosive Virginia Train Carried Fracked Bakken Oil, Headed to Potential Export Facility
May 1, 2014, 12:55 am By Steve Horn
Platts has confirmed CSX Corporation's “bomb train” that exploded in Lynchburg, Virginia was…VIDEO: Heartland Institute's Joe Bast Reluctantly Stands by Denial of Cigarette Smoking Risks
Apr 30, 2014, 4:38 pm By Guest
This is a guest post by Lee Fang and Nick Surgey, originally published on Republic Report. Before…Breaking: CSX Railroad "Bomb Train" Carrying Crude Oil Explodes in Lynchburg, Virginia
Apr 30, 2014, 3:31 pm By Steve Horn
A freight train owned by CSX Corporation has erupted in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia, which sent…How This U.S. Rail Safety Measure Has Been Delayed for 44 Years … And Counting
Apr 30, 2014, 8:00 am By Justin Mikulka
On August 20, 1969, two Penn Central commuter trains collided head-on near Darien, Conn. Four…TransCanada Charitable Fund Launches Keystone XL "Good Neighbor" Charm Offensive
Apr 29, 2014, 4:14 pm By Steve Horn
TransCanada has taken a page out of former U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's playbook and…Wealthy Corporate CEOs Behind Fake Anti-Fracking Ads
Apr 28, 2014, 8:45 pm By Anne Landman
The online version of the Post Independent, the local daily newspaper in heavily-drilled Garfield…Mayflower: Deadly Tornado Sweeps Through Arkansas Town That Endured ExxonMobil Tar Sands Pipeline Spill in 2013
Apr 28, 2014, 7:59 pm By Steve Horn
On March 29, 2013, ExxonMobil's Pegasus tar sands pipeline ruptured in Mayflower, Arkansas, sending…Oil Industry Cherry-Picks Drilling Data to Mislead Public on Federal Lease Programs
Apr 28, 2014, 3:14 pm By Ben Jervey
The oil industry and its well-compensated apologists in Congress like to complain that the Obama…Untangling Colorado's Flood of Anti-Fracking Ballot Initiatives
Apr 27, 2014, 1:00 pm By Anne Landman
Colorado voters who try to figure out all the proposed statewide ballot initiatives to regulate…No Community is Prepared for Major Oil-By-Rail Accident, Senate Hearing Told
Apr 27, 2014, 10:00 am By Justin Mikulka
Just as you aren’t supposed to try to put out an oil fire in your kitchen with water, you aren’t…Favorable Court Ruling Lets Americans Breathe Easier
Apr 26, 2014, 11:00 am By Farron Cousins
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) scored a huge court victory recently, with the U.S.…New York Times Joins the Bumbling Keystone XL Cops
5:02pm By Guest
This is a guest post by Brad Johnson, cross-posted with permission from Hill Heat.In a New York…Ohio Geologists Link Earthquakes to Fracking, State Introduces Seismic Monitoring
8:00am By Anne Landman
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources announced earlier this month that it will start requiring…Alberta Ramps Up “Responsible Energy Development” Sales Pitch in Wake of New Keystone XL Delay
Thu 4:21pm By Raphael Lopoukhine
Days after another delay by the Obama administration on TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline, members…Report: Arctic Oil Spill Readiness Virtually Nonexistent
Thu 2:16pm By Farron Cousins
Sea ice in the Arctic Circle is currently melting at a pace far greater than scientists had…Only With Political Will Can We Avoid The Worst Of Climate Change
Apr 23, 2014, 11:00 pm By Guest
This is a guest post by David Suzuki. It’s fitting that the latest Intergovernmental Panel on…Critics Concerned Pipelines, Tankers Reason for Downgrading "Threatened" Status of Humpback Whales
Apr 23, 2014, 8:40 pm By Stephen Leahy
This week the federal government was legally obligated to establish protected habitat for threatened…Barnett Shale Fracking Victims Win First Round in Court Battle with Gas Industry
Apr 23, 2014, 6:07 pm By Julie Dermansky
Legal tremors are reverberating in the Barnett Shale region in Texas after yesterday's $2.925…Vice President Joe Biden Promotes U.S. as Fracking Missionary Force On Ukraine Trip
Apr 23, 2014, 3:18 pm By Steve Horn
During his two-day visit this week to Kiev, Ukraine, Vice President Joe Biden unfurled President…Breaking: $3 Million Jury Verdict in Texas Fracking Nuisance Case
Apr 22, 2014, 6:27 pm By Brendan DeMelle
A jury in Dallas, TX today awarded $2.925 million to plaintiffs Bob and Lisa Parr, who sued Barnett…
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